A Comparative Study of Special Police for Children and Adolescents in Criminal Law of Iran and the United Kingdom

Abstract

Background and Aim: This study, in order to maintain self-esteem and high rights of children and adolescents, while comparing the responsibility of police in dealing with juvenile delinquency in Iran and England, explains that the need for efficiency and productivity, changing organizational structure, creating a systematic education system, predicting mechanisms Behavior is an effective police communication and predicts the guarantee of effective performance by the police, and the UK is a good guide in this regard.Method: This article, using analytical-descriptive method and in terms of data collection, is a document that the collected material from books, laws and Internet resources have been collected and analyzed.Findings: The specialization and training of special police and legal requirements and determination of structured resources is an essential element in dealing with juvenile delinquency that does not have the necessary coherence in Iran.Conclusion: The prevailing pattern of juvenile police in the legal system of Iran and the United Kingdom has been identified and the Iranian police can implement social programs for perpetrators and parents of children and adolescents in addition to prevention, according to domestic laws such as the British police. Due to the early intervention, the special police on the one hand realizes the importance of the age of action of the child and adolescent, and on the other hand understands to the child or adolescent that at this age the responsibility for the illegal act has consequences.

Keywords

• police
• juvenile proceeding
• ‎ comparative study
• criminal law
• uk